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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY

830 PM MDT WED JUN 30 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DAWES COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CHADRON AND CRAWFORD



* UNTIL 945 PM MDT



* AT 820 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED ONE AND ONE      

  QUARTER INCHES OF RAINFALL IN ONLY FIFTEEN MINUTES AT A LOCATION   

  13 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORD.



* NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING     

  ACROSS DAWES COUNTY THROUGH 945 PM.



* THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE ACROSS... 

  MUCH OF DAWES COUNTY THROUGH 945 PM MDT.    



THE EARLIER FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL OF 

DAWES COUNTY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR 

WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4246 10344 4246 10279 4297 10281 4297 10347



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